This popular and poignant event is a companion to our MBC: Paradox issue. Living with metastatic breast cancer often means living a contradiction - between unexpectedly joyful surprises and heartbreaking lessons. We asked our writers how they navigate these paradoxes in their own lives. You’ll find stories of holding hope and fear at once, and of how an MBC diagnosis can sharpen one’s perspective on what it truly means to live well today, even in the face of challenge. With the essays, poems, and gorgeous photographs that allow us to vicariously walk a day in their shoes.

Be sure to grab your own copy of the issue to follow along! Scroll down to see the night’s readers.